Screen Rant » hamlet http://screenrant.com TV and Movie News, Reviews & Trailers Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:51:38 +0000 en hourly 1 DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: August 16th, 2010 http://screenrant.com/dvd-blu-ray-releases-august-16-2010-mikee-73899/ http://screenrant.com/dvd-blu-ray-releases-august-16-2010-mikee-73899/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:44:22 +0000 Mike Eisenberg http://screenrant.com/?p=73899 Blu-ray home video releases

This week’s home video releases are extremely weak, but one stands out amongst the duds. The cinematic feat was accomplished by none other than Thor director Kenneth Branagh with his 1996 adaptation of Hamlet.

Luckily, there is enough DVD and Blu-ray news to go around beyond this week’s releases. George Lucas announced the Star Wars Blu-ray box set will release in the Fall of 2011 and we also found out the Grindhouse double-feature will hit Blu-ray on October 5th.

But if you need something to pick up this week, you’ve still got to resort to the newest releases and they aren’t pretty. Take a look at what’s in stores now.

The following movies can be found on DVD and Blu-ray.

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]]> http://screenrant.com/dvd-blu-ray-releases-august-16-2010-mikee-73899/feed/ 4 To Be Or Not To Be… Excited For Catherine Hardwicke’s Hamlet http://screenrant.com/excited-catherine-hardwickes-hamlet-robf-12051/ http://screenrant.com/excited-catherine-hardwickes-hamlet-robf-12051/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:36:43 +0000 Rob Frappier http://screenrant.com/?p=12051 Catherine Hardwicke to direct Hamlet

Overture Films recently announced plans to produce a modernized version of the classic Shakespearean drama Hamlet. The film will feature Emile Hirsch (Speed Racer) as the famed Prince of Denmark and will be helmed by Twilight director, Catherine Hardwicke. The two previously worked together on the 2005 drama, Lords of Dogtown.

From film luminaries like Akira Kurosawa to stalwart Shakespeareans like Kenneth Branagh, many directors have taken turns adapting William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy over the years. While many have criticized Catherine Hardwicke for her association with the Twilight franchise, her experience directing films focused on disenfranchised youth (Thirteen) could lend a unique modern sensibility to Hamlet.

Of course, the operative word here is could. Shakespeare adaptations have been notoriously hit-or-miss at the theater and, as seen from his turn in the box-office bomb Speed Racer, Emile Hirsch, ...

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